Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(a) There
is hereby levied upon each beekeeper within the state of Idaho a registration
fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for up to fifty (50) colonies. Each additional
colony in excess of the first fifty (50) colonies shall be assessed at the
rate of ten cents (10¢) per colony.
(b) The tax assessed for colonies in excess of fifty (50) colonies may be
increased to not more than twenty cents (20¢) per hive or colony per year, if
approved by a majority of the beekeepers voting in a referendum held for the
purpose of determining whether such levy of the tax shall or shall not be
changed. If the levy of the tax is changed, the levy of the tax will continue
annually at the changed rate until again changed by another referendum. Any
resident of Idaho who is registered under this chapter as an Idaho beekeeper
with the Idaho department of agriculture may vote at such referendum. Any
referendum to be held for the purpose of changing the levy of such tax shall
be held at the annual meeting of the Idaho honey industry association or any
successor organization to this group.
(c) Said tax shall be a lien upon all apicultural products, equipment,
bees and property of the person owning or controlling such bees and shall be
prior to all other liens or encumbrances except liens which are declared prior
by operation of the statutes of this state.

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